Lady&#39;s hand or shoulder bag



United States Patent Murray Wolf Union, New Jersey Jan- 22, 1969 Dec. 8, 1970 Evans-Aristocrat Industries Inc. Elizabeth, New Jersey a corporation of New Jersey inventor Appl. No. Filed Patented Assignee LADYS HAND OR SHOULDER BAG 10 Claims, 3 Drawing Figs.

U.S. Cl. 150/30, ISO/43 Int. Cl. A45c 3/06 Field of Search 150/28, 30,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,426,485 8/1922 La Roche ISO/30X 2,621,696 l2/l 952 Barnes ISO/30 2,845,105 7/1958 Neas 150/28 3,182,701 5/1965 Ginsburg l50/28(.l) 3,454,068 7/1969 Goldstein 150/30 Primary Examiner-- Donald F. Norton Attorney- Harry Cohen ABSTRACT: A lady's bag includes a pair of outer side members foldably connected to each other in spaced relation and having inner surfaces. The side members are movable to and from positions in which their inner surfaces are in spaced confronting relation and define a space within the bag and are releasably secured in such positions. One: or more receptacles are affixed to the bag in the space.

PATENTEUDEB emu 3545514 IN VEN'I'OR. MURRAY WOLF A ram/5 r 1 LADYS HAND OR SHOULDER BAG DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ladys hand or shoulder bag.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved ladys hand or shoulder bag.

An object of the present invention is to provide a ladys hand or shoulder bag of considerable holding capacity.

An object of the "present invention is to provide. a ladys hand or shoulder bag of great strength.

An object of the present invention is'to provide a lady's hand or shoulder bag of novel appearance and simple structure.

An object of the presentinvention is toprovide a lady's hand or shoulder bag which is inexpensiveto manufacture, of simple structure,- but sturdy and of considerable capacity.

In accordance with the present invention, a ladys hand or shoulder bag comprises apair of outer side members. Connecting means foldably connects'the side members to each other in spaced relationlThe side members have inner surfaces and are movable to and from positions in which the surfaces are in spaced confronting relation and define a space within the bag. A receptacle is disposed in the space within the bag. Securing means releasably secures the side members in their positions. l

The receptacle comprises separate individual compartments each having an opening for access tothe interior of the compartment when the securing means is released. The recep tacle is heat sealed and therebysecured in the space.

The connecting means comprises a strip of heat sealed material to the interior surfaces of the sidernembers. The connecting means may comprise a connecting strip integral with theside members. The connecting means is heat sealed'to the receptacle. I

In order that the present invention may bereadily carried into effect, it will now be described with reference, to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the lady's hand or shoulder bag-of the present invention in open conditron; a

FIG. 2 is a side view of the ladys hand or shoulder bag of FIG. 1 in closed condition; and

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the outerside members of the ladys hand or shoulder bag of FIGS. 1 and 2.

' In the FIGS. the same components are indicated by the same reference numerals.-

ln FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a pair of outer side members and 1 and 2 are foldably connected to each other. in spaced relation by a connecting strip 3 (FIGS. I and 2). In-FIG. 3, the outer side members I and 2 are integrally formed with the connecting strip 3, whereas in FIGS. .1 and 2 the connecting strip 3 comprises a strip of heat sealed material which is heat sealed to the inner surfaces of said members. This is partly shown by the heat seam4in FIG. I.

The outer side members I and 2 are movable to an and from positions in which the inner surfaces thereof are in spaced confronting relation, as shown in FIG. 2, and'define aspace'5 2 are in open conditionzThe compartment 7 thus has an opening controlled by a snap catch 90 and the compartment 8 has an opening controlled by a zipper III.

The outer side members 1 and 2 are releasably secured in a closed condition, in which they define the space within the bag, by a securing device. The securing device comprises a securing flap 12, as shown in FIGS. I and 2, which is secured in the area of one end thereof to one of the side members such as, for example, the side member 1. The securing flap 12 may thus be affixed to the outer side member 1 by any suitable means such as, for example, one or more rivets or suitable fasteners 13 (FIG. 2).

The securing flap 12 may be permanently affixed to the outer side member 2, rather than to the outer side member 1, of course. In the area of its other end, the securing flap 12 has a a suitable releasable clamping device which cooperates with a corresponding releasable clamping device affixed to the outer side member 2. Any suitable releasable clamping device may be utilized to permit the other end of the securing flap 12 to be releasably secured to the outer side member 2. The releasable securing device may, of course, be affixed to the outer side member 1, rather than to the outer side member 2.

In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, the releasable securing device is illustrated as a snap fastener of known type. The snap fastener comprises a hollow portion 14 affixed to the outer surface of the outer side member 2 (FIG. 2) and a projecting portion 15 affixed to the inner surface of the securing flap 12 (FIGS. 1 and 2). The portion 15 is the compartment 7 of-said receptacle. The loop 6 may be affixed to the bag inany suitable manner such as, for example,

within the'bag (FIG. 2). FIG..2 shows the outer sidemembers land 2 in closedcondition, in which they define the space 5 within the bag. In FIG. 1,:t he'outer side members 1 and '2 in closedcondition, in which they define the space 5 within the bag. In FIG. 1, the outer side members I and 2 are shown in open condition in which they are substantially coplanarly disposed,so that they do not define aspace within the bag, but, instead, permit completely free access tothe bag.

A receptacle '6 is disposed in thespace 5 within the bag, as shown inFlGS. land]. The receptacle isheatsea'led to the corresponding strip 3 and "is thereby secured 'in the space 5 within the bag. The receptacle 6 may comprise one or more separateindividual compartments such as, for example, compartments 7 and 8. Each compartment has anopening for access to the interior thereof'when thezou'ter side members 1 and 'by a ring or by any suitablefastening means. The hand loop 16 may be replaced by any suitable shoulder or other type of loop to enable the bag to be carried or supported in any desired manner.

The bag of the present invention may comprise any suitable material. The connecting strip 3 preferably comprises a plastic material.

While the invention has been described by means of a specific example and in a specific embodiment, I do not wish to be limited thereto, for obvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Iclaim:

1. A ladys hand or shoulder bag, comprising apair of outer side members having bottom edges, a bottom member foldably connecting said bottom edges of said side members to each other in spaced relation, said side members having inner separate individual compartments each having an opening for access tothe interior of the compartment when said securing means is released.

3. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to claim 2, further characterized in that such securing means is secured to one of said side members and is releasably secured to the other of said side members and has a portion overlapping said receptacle.

4. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to claim 1, further characterized in that said receptacle is heat sealed to said side members and thereby secured in said space.

5. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to claim 1, further characterized in that said connecting means comprises a strip of heat sealable material heat sealed to the inner surfaces of said side members.

6. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to a claim 1, further characterized in that said bottom member comprises a connecting strip integral with said side members.

7. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to claim 1, further characterized in that said connecting means comprises a connecting strip integral with said side members and heat sealed to said receptacle.

8. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to claim 1, further characterized in that said securing means is secured to one of said side members and is releasably secured to the other of said side members and has a portion overlapping said receptacle.

9. A ladys hand or shoulder bag according to claim 1, further characterized in that said securing means is secured to one of said side members and is releasably secured to the other of said side members and has a portion overlapping said receptacle.

10. A ladys hand or shoulder bag, comprising a pair of outer side members, means foldably connecting said side members to each other in spaced relation, said side members having inner surfaces and being movable to and from positions in which said surfaces are in spaced confronting relation and define a space within the bag, a receptacle disposed in said space within the bag, and means for releasably securing said side members in said positions, said connecting means comprises a strip of heat sealable material heat sealed to the inner surfaces of said side members and to said receptacle. 

